Implementation support structure for the Dutch Health Promoting School program: a multiple case study.

ABSTRACT: Support structures are available to schools worldwide for the implementation of Health Promoting School (HPS) programs. To get more insight in these structures, this multiple case study aimed to map variation in levels of support within eight Public Health Service (PHS) regions in the Netherlands and associations with contextual factors. Designed together with a Community of Practice, the study included two rounds of semistructured group interviews (N = 1-4 employees; ±3.5 hours per case) and document analysis. Data were collected on eight indicators of the level of support (e.g. intensity and reach) and 24 contextual factors relating to Healthy School Advisers, PHSs, stakeholder collaboration, and the wider context. Scores were assigned for all indicators and factors per region, and patte

SUBMITTER: Vennegoor G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12596121 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature